Off-Duty Cop, Shot 28 Times By White Officers, Faces Jail Sentence

In 2005 off duty officer Howard Morgan was shot 28 times by four Chicago police officers….and lived. Apparently 28 shots is considered a reasonable reaction when you catch someone driving the wrong way down a one way street in Chicago. The four officers claimed that Morgan shot at them first, but in 2007, a jury acquitted Morgan of aggravated battery and discharging a weapon at a police officer.

So how is it possible that he was convicted in a second trial of attempted murder of the officers who shot him? He now faces a possible 80 years in prison. Sentencing takes place today.